The Bears picked up a win in front of their home crowd, and they improved their own odds of getting the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft in the process. It doesn’t get more win-win than that.
Chicago scratched and clawed their way to a narrow 16-13 win over the Panthers on Thursday night, bringing them to 3-7 and sending those in attendance at Soldier Field home happy. In doing so, Carolina also fell to 1-8, thus giving the first-round pick they’re sending the Bears the highest odds of obtaining the top pick in the upcoming draft.